According to a Disney press release, Doctor Who was among the top five of series streamed on Disney+ globally. “Quintessentially British, Doctor Who is one of the longest running action-adventure television series in the world with legions of fans across the globe since it was launched by the BBC in 1963. Ncuti Gatwa took on the role of the Fifteenth Doctor in The … >
Bridgerton season 3 has stormed the Netflix Top 10 in its first few days of release — what next? If (like some of us at CultBox Towers) you’ve already seen that carriage scene in Bridgerton season 3, it turns out you aren’t alone. The Netflix English language TV audience figures for May 13-19 show the first four … >
Percy Jackson scored a second season on Disney+ The final episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians has only just landed on Disney+, but we learn (via the Disney Q1 financials update) it has scored a renewal. There’s plenty of information in the official press release, but it boils down to popularity as measured across a … >
Queen Charlotte is the most watched English show on Netflix for the second week — might this mean more spin-offs? Looking at the Netflix Top 10 of English language shows for the week May 8-14 shows Queen Charlotte at #1 with an audience of 158,680,000 hours. While you absorb that, add in the numbers for the … >
As we’re sure you know, the Grishaverse is the world of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows novels — now we’ve had a few weeks since season 2 of Shadow and Bone, we look at the chance of a return We recently talked about the chance of a season 3 for Shadow and Bone, as well as the … >
Shadow and Bone season 2 was only released last Thursday, but with audience figures for the first few days, can we look forward to a spin-off (and season 3?) Here at CultBox we’re savouring season 2 of Shadow and Bone, and wondering just how many more of Leigh Bardugo’s novels Netflix will greenlight. Renewals for supernatural … >
In our Lockwood and Co — season 2 update we assess the chances of a renewal. It’s not looking good… A month ago, we were pleased with the early numbers for Lockwood and Co — not stellar, but solid. Now we’ve had a few weeks and we can see how the show performed over its first … >
New Netflix crime film Glass Onion is already in the Top 10 list with plenty of time to go higher Glass Onion, the Rian Johnson sequel to Knives Out, starring Daniel Craig is already pulling in a decent audience, and the Netflix data for December 26 – January shows just how large that is. As they say in … >
Netflix 2022 — a year of financial angst and some great shows. We consider the highlights There were times in 2022 when Netflix seemed to have lost its mojo. Since then things have improved. Several great shows have graced us with their presence. Other streamers (particularly Disney) had their own problems. As the year draws … >
The latest Netflix stats show Wednesday crosses the billion hours viewed mark on its third week Here at Cultbox we’ve been impressed by the audience figures for Wednesday, and now we learn the show has already crossed the billion hours viewed mark. The latest Netflix Top 10 feature gives some good perspective, which won’t stop us … >